What three dogmas hurt individuals the most?

henry quirk • Apr 5, 2012 5:56 pm
Interpret and answer as you like...
monster • Apr 5, 2012 6:22 pm
The belief that all is predetermined -you have no control over what happens in the future.
classicman • Apr 5, 2012 10:01 pm
1 God is real.
2 Most people are evil.
3 Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
limey • Apr 6, 2012 3:46 am
1. God is on our side.
2. No he's on our side.
3. I am right about this.
Blueflare • Apr 6, 2012 7:25 am
1. An eye for an eye.
2. All opinions are valid and should be respected.
3. Things were better in the old days.
DanaC • Apr 6, 2012 8:08 am
In the old days, things were better in the older days.
Trilby • Apr 6, 2012 8:16 am
1 God wants me to lead
2 God is limited to Christianity
3 Evil is stronger than Love
infinite monkey • Apr 6, 2012 8:25 am
1) That people are inherently good (I used to believe this. It gets one stepped on a lot.)
2) That we're all special (we're not. Well, I am, but you're not. Kidding.)
3) That it's always darkest before the dawn (it'll get a lot darker)

Cynic, these days.
Gravdigr • Apr 6, 2012 12:52 pm
1. That that light at the end of the tunnel just might be a train.
2. That Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitar player who ever lived.
3. That Life won't kill you dead.
richlevy • Apr 7, 2012 10:51 am
1: Do as I say, not as I do.
Sundae • Apr 7, 2012 11:44 am
That bananas are a fit food for human beings
Gravdigr • Apr 9, 2012 5:56 pm
O. No. You. Di'int!
Griff • Apr 10, 2012 8:41 am
1. Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried.
2. God talks to me.
3. My country right or wrong.
ZenGum • Apr 11, 2012 7:31 am
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

It is sweet and right to die for your country.
Lamplighter • Apr 11, 2012 10:24 am
God

them

Want some candy, little girl ?
DanaC • Apr 11, 2012 2:32 pm
lamp's back!!
Gravdigr • Apr 12, 2012 2:23 pm
ZenGum;805939 wrote:
It is sweet and right to die for your country.


Nobody ever won a war by dying for their country. You win a war by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country.


~Patton (maybe?)

ETA: Correction: Quote is by George C. Scott playing Patton.:)
Sundae • Apr 12, 2012 3:15 pm
DanaC;805996 wrote:
lamp's back!!

Sorry, I have no knowledge of that dogma.
DanaC • Apr 12, 2012 6:24 pm
ZenGum;805939 wrote:
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

It is sweet and right to die for your country.


The translation we were given when we studied Wilfred Owen, was: it is sweet and meet to die for the fatherland.

I rarely see that translation these days. It really stuck in my mind. Was the first time I'd ever come across that use of the word meet.

His poem Dulce et Decorum Est was probably the first poem to really grab me by the throat.
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